Miscarriages: Joy for Cardiff mum who lost 10 babies
A miscarriage is the loss of a foetus before 24 weeksSmoking, obesity and a woman's age can also play a partMany of our friends were starting families, and although we were happy for them, it made our losses all the more acute. Personally, I couldn't help but blame myself. Why was my body failing me? What had I done?Then, in 2010, we decided to embark on IVF, hoping this would solve the problem, particularly as tests showed there was nothing specifically wrong with us.
But there was something different this time - a tiny heartbeat, something we had never seen before. We were ecstatic. Everyone knew how high the stakes were - this could not go wrong - so I had a Caesarean, and in the early hours of 9 February, our miracle baby arrived weighing 6lb 8oz.
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